In a special meeting, last night the Vermilion Parish School Board at least hinted some degree of organization and purpose when they postponed a hearing to hear complaints against Puyau. The reason they postponed the hearing? They have yet to investigate the alleged list of complaints that warranted Puyau's suspension.

Meanwhile, Jerome Puyau continues to draw a paycheck and is not allowed to do the job he is being paid to perform. Or is he?

Last night's board meeting also shed a lot of light what appears to be a very confused body of elected officials. As there seemed to be some uncertainty over just exactly who, Puyau or acting Superintendent Paul Hebert is making decisions on behalf of the school system.

The guidance that I’ve gotten from counsel is that Jerome Puyau is still the official superintendent and has the authority to make decisions that a super makes.

How can a superintendent at this particular point in time still be making decisions? By law he can’t.

Those are the words of board vice president Lara LeBouf. I have to admit, Ms. LeBouf does make a great point.

Let's hope the next time the Vermilion Parish School Board has the opportunity to meet they can actually have a workable plan in place on investigating complaints against Mr. Puyau, a plan for a hearing about those complaints, and a basic idea of just who is running the educational process for the families of Vermilion Parish.